Salem got infielder Zach Borowiak back from a brief trip to triple-A Pawtucket on Sunday. Bowowiak played two games at shortstop in Pawtucket. He did not get a hit, but had two sacrifice bunts and was hit by a pitch. Salem's roster remains one player short at 24.
Infielder Zach Borowiak (.216, 14 RBIs) was promoted to triple-A Pawtucket on Friday. There was no addition to the Salem roster, which is down two men to 23.
Salem outfielder Daniel Nava was promoted to double-A Portland on Wednesday. Nava hit .339 with 12 doubles and 13 RBIs in 29 games with Salem.
He'll be replaced on the roster by Jered Stanley, returning to Salem from low-A Greenville. Stanley hit .233 hit 35 games in his first stint with Salem. He has hit .228 with six doubles and 13 RBIs in 28 games with Greenville.
Catcher Luis Exposito was promoted from the Salem Red Sox to the double-A Portland Sea Dogs on Monday. Exposito hit .274 with 24 doubles, one triple, six homers and 45 RBIs for Salem.
Salem shortstop Yamaico Navarro Navarro has been promoted to double-A Portland, the team announced Wednesday. Infielder Jon Hee has been brought back up from low-A Greenville to fill Navarro's spot on the Salem roster.
The Boston Globe reported on its website, boston.com, that Portland shortstop Argenis Diaz and Greenville pitcher Hunter Strickland were the prospects that the Boston Red Sox sent to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Adam LaRoche.
Navarro hit .319 with nine doubles, four homers and 17 RBIs in 23 games with Salem. He missed most of the first half with a wrist injury.
Hee hit .233 in 43 games with Salem, playing second and third base between May 1 and June 21 when he was sent back down to Greenville. He has hit under .200 (9-for-49) since returning to the Drive.
Salem placed starter Kyle Weiland on the disabled list, retroactive to July 11, and activated Dave McKae from the DL on Tuesday.
Reliever Ryne Miller was promoted to double-A Portland on Sunday, and the Salem Red Sox got starter Stephen Fife (0-3, 2.70 ERA) and reliever Armando Zerpa (1-0, 1.20) from low-A Greenville.
Fife, a right-hander, walked four batters and struck out 25 in eight starts. He replaces Casey Kelly, who after Sunday's Futures Game, embarks on his career as a shortstop and has been transferred to the Gulf Coast League Red Sox roster.
Zerpa, a lefty, had three saves for the Drive.
Jason Place, the Boston Red Sox's first pick in the 2006 draft, moved up from Salem to double-A Portland on Friday.
Place hit .252 with 24 doubles, three triples and four homers in 76 games for Salem. He drove in a team-high 48 runs.
Daniel Nava came off the disabled list to replace Place on the Salem roster. Nava went 9-for-22 in six games after spending most of the first half in extended spring training with abdominal injuries.
Salem starter Casey Kelly has been selected to represent the U.S. in the Futures Game during Major League Baseball’s All-Star festivities.
The game pits prospects from the U.S. against those from the rest of the World on July 12 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
Kelly, a first-round draft pick by the Boston Red Sox last June, has gone 1-2 with a 2.52 ERA with Salem. He is, though, planning to switch from pitching to playing shortstop soon.
Shortstop Yamaico Navarro, who spent just one game with Salem before hitting the disabled list, is back with the Red Sox for the second half of the season, the Red Sox announced Thursday.
Also added to the roster before Thursday’s second-half opener were catcher Tim Federowicz, outfielder David Mailman and first baseman Anthony Rizzo.
Navarro was rated the ninth best prospect in the Boston Red Sox organization before the season. But had surgery on the hamate bone in his left wrist and has been recovering and rehabbing in extended spring training all spring.
Federowicz was leading the South Atlantic League in hitting (.345), and had 10 homers and 34 RBIs.
Mailman was hitting .297 with 13 doubles, seven triples, three homers and 32 RBIs for the Greenville Drive, which won the SALLY league’s Southern Division first-half title. Rizzo hit .298 with 21 doubles, nine homers and a team-high 42 RBIs.
Making room on the Salem roster, Daniel Nava was placed on the disabled list and Jon Hee, Jered Stanley and Ty Weeden were sent down to Greenville.
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